Planning a career change in facility management

Planning a career change in facility management

  Facility management professionals partaking in continuing education courses are anxious and excited to explore the next step in their career journey, either to apply newly-acquired skills and knowledge at their current workplace or to seek out other opportunities in the industry. In doing so, these learners seek support and guidance for their next career…

What about water?

What about water?

In the second and third parts of this three-part series, Acclaro Advisory and SFMI focus on Reporting and Targets and Risks and Opportunities In conjunction with Methven UK, the SFMI (Sustainable Facilities Management Index) has reviewed historic trending, surveyed FM teams around the UK and held a focused SFMI Leaders Forum discussion to understand the…

Campus Fire Safety Tips as College Students Return

Campus Fire Safety Tips as College Students Return

As Labor Day nears, college students across the country have recently returned to campus or are gearing up to return as in-person learning resumes at many higher education institutions. Through their annual “Campus Fire Safety for Students” campaign in September, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and The Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) are…

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Targeted Renovations

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Targeted Renovations

  Two historic colleges worked to improve energy efficiency. Every day more colleges and universities across the country are making greenhouse gas reduction and carbon neutrality goals. To reach these goals, they must tackle the problem of Scope 1 emissions (emissions from facilities and fleets). Existing buildings often create most of these emissions through their…

Proper Use of Ladders on Jobsites Can Help Workers to Mitigate Personal Risk

Proper Use of Ladders on Jobsites Can Help Workers to Mitigate Personal Risk

  Jobsites are a hazardous place on their own accord. That is before we start adding people, and their associated decision making, into the equation, which has the potential to make the jobsite even more dangerous. Add in working on or around electricity and the risks can compound even more. With so many things that…

Principles of lean construction

Principles of lean construction

  Many of the lean construction principles directly impact the safety of workers and the hazards present on a job-site. A key element of lean construction is the elimination of waste. The areas of focus include many fundamentals that contribute to reducing hazards on the job. Improving overproduction, waiting, talent utilization, transportation, inventory control, unnecessary…